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From: rbc@houxw.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: space elevators -- another advantage
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Date: Tue, 25-Oct-83 19:25:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 25 19:25:48 1983
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You could use the structure of a power evelvator
to carry the energy from an SPS to the Earth.
In a superconducting cable perhaps.

Avoiding all the microwaves from space to ground
would cancel a lot of fears for the SPS.